The Vlaams Radio Koor owes its international reputation to amongst others the many recordings it makes. The choir's versatility comes into its own in the acclaimed and broad discography that the choir has built up.
A host of spectacular effects, pathos, theatricality, huge choruses… Spontini’s Olimpie, whose heroine is sensitively portrayed here by Karina Gauvin, ramps up the dramatic effects of lyric tragedy. At the head of Le Cercle de l’Harmonie and the Vlaams Radio Koor, Jérémie Rhorer carries the listener into the heart of a political, family drama. Kate Aldrich is the embodiment of a fiery Statira, Mathias Vidal is a heroic Cassandre, and Josef Wagner plays a fearsome Antigone. Moved to tears by this work, Berlioz crowned Spontini as one of the greatest geniuses of French music. This new CD-book set from Palazzetto Bru Zane analyses the context within which Olimpie was composed and allows the reader to discover the secrets behind the making of a work which was to revolutionise opera.
The 20th volume 'Olympie' by Gaspare Spontini in the prestigious Palazzetto series 'Opéra français' has just been released.